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  • Achilles paradox
    foundations of mathematics
    / Boolean local topoi

    …Boolean local topos the so-called von Neumann universe. This is defined as the union of a class of sets containing the empty set (the initial object in the category of sets) and closed under the power-set operation and under transfinite unions—thus, as a subcategory of the category of sets. But…

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    …Boolean local topos the so-called von Neumann universe. This is defined as the union of a class of sets containing the empty set (the initial object in the category of sets) and closed under the power-set operation and under transfinite unions—thus, as a subcategory of the category of sets. But…

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